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And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?

So I returned, and saw all the oppressions that were done under the sun: and behold the tear of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of them that oppressed them was power; but they had no comforter:

For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.

Also if two should lie together, they also get heat: but how shall one be warmed alone?

For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes?

The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

All these things have I proved in wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.

And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, who has a band in her hands: he that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.

which my soul sought after, but I found not: for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.

but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, which are as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God.

Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart blameless, but not in the sight of thine eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement.

I am black, but beautiful, ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.